Communist Party of Brazil

The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) is a communist political party in Brazil, founded on 18 February 1962. The Brazilian section of the Comintern's foundation dated back to 1922, and the party was suppressed under the rule of the populist dictator Getulio Vargas. In 1962, the modern PCdoB was founded as an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist party, opposing Nikita Khrushchev's reforms in the Soviet Union. The party held Maoism as one of its views from 1966 to 1979, and the party followed the Maoist doctrine of protracted guerrilla warfare, fighting a war of resistance against the Brazilian military dictatorship. In 1987, the party was legalized after years of armed struggle, and the party supported Workers' Party of Brazil leaders Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff during the 21st century. The party found its strength in the student and labor movements of Brazil, forming a powerful leftist alliance.